Learn English Through Story

Tom and Milly are staying at Manor Hall with Uncle Henry. Uncle Henry doesn't like teenagers, and he sometimes looks angry. Manor Hall is an old dark house with a mystery. There is a beautiful music room. But the music room is always locked and has 'Do Not Enter' on the door. One evening there is a full moon. At midnight Tom and Milly hear something. They can hear someone singing, and the noise is coming from the music room. Who is singing in the music room? What is the mystery of Manor Hall? 'We don't want to stay with Uncle Henry, Mum...

'Professor Clark's work usually helps people. But this is something new.' Clark's helper - Tasha Kiara - is telling Chaz - a local TV reporter about the Professor's new serum. Then an earthquake hits Clark's California lab, and his serum brings dead bodies in the cemetery alive. Soon the zombies attack! What happens to Professor Clark? How can Tasha and Chaz stop the zombies? Who lives and who dies? Read this story and see. In the Professor's Lab Professor Clark is an important scientist in the United States...

Mark likes his work in Mason's store. He watches people, and he asks questions. What is that man putting into his bag? Why is that woman wearing two coats? Why are those two boys looking around all the time? Mark asks questions, and then he finds the answers. Then one day Mark sees a girl with red hair, and he can't forget her. Now he's got some different questions. Who is the girl with red hair? Is the little boy her baby? Who is the man in the black jacket - the good-looking man? There are a lot of questions, and Mark doesn't always find the right answers...

Some things always stay the same in Japan. In the countryside, farmers grow rice, like the farmers of hundreds of years ago. Year after year, people stop to see the beautiful blossom on the cherry trees. In a small wooden house, tea is made, and visitors watch carefully. But some things change very quickly. Better robots and newer phones! More exciting computer games! Taller buildings and faster trains! This is Japan - the old and the new together, always changing, and always the same. OLD MEETS...

'Does the sea frighten you? Your boat is very small. Do you know your friends well? Are they good at sailing?' Jack, his wife Tonya, and his friends Max and Sasha want to sail from England to Australia. They have a lot of money and they don't want to work any more - they want an exciting life. And it is exciting for them. And at first everything is easy. But an exciting life can also be a dangerous life. The sea is not always a friendly place - and when you need help, you need good friends and a lot of luck...

Help! A wolf is eating my sheep!' What happens when a bored shepherd boy lies to the people in his village - and then he later tells the truth? What do a man and his wife do when their goose lays golden eggs? And what can two travellers learn from a bear in the woods? These three Greek tales teach us important truths about people today. Crying Wolf Part 1 Kosmas is a shepherd boy in Greece. One evening, he is bored. 'What can I do?' he thinks. He goes to the nearest village and cries, 'Help! A wolf is eating my sheep!’ The villagers run up the hill angrily...

It is New York in the year 2030. What is different in this future? Well, there are new planes, flying cars, many tall buildings, and astronauts can travel to Mars. But some things are not so different from today. People watch the news on television and go to cafes. People have computers and use e-mail. And it is not a good future for everybody - there are still many hungry and poor people in America ... and all over the world. And there is killing, too. Computer head wants to change things and make a better future for everybody...

Sally Brown is a student and she wants to be a teacher. She is working at Happy Hills in her holidays. Lots of people come to Happy Hills, to go on the rides and see the fun characters - and 'Have a Happy Day'. Today is an exciting day at Happy Hills - Zapp the famous singer is coming to open a new ride. Sally is very excited because she loves Zapp's songs and she has all his CDs. She really wants to meet and speak to Zapp, but Mr Parry says, 'Stop talking and do some work!' But then someone takes Zapp's new CD with his secret new song on it...

Do you have a phone? Who do you call? Who calls you? Can you live without your phone? Sally has a phone, and a busy life. She gets many phone calls - mostly from her boyfriend, Andrew. Andrew likes telling Sally what to do - and what to wear. Sally and Andrew are going to a party tonight. 'Wear your blue skirt', says Andrew. But Sally can't wear it it's dirty, so she has to go shopping for a new one. But when Sally goes shopping she gets more than just a new skirt - she gets something that will change her life...

Greg works at the Shepton Hotel in New York. Opposite the hotel there is a coffee shop, and Greg goes there for a coffee every day after work. Every day he sees a girl there with beautiful green eyes. One day, Greg sits next to the girl. She tells him her name is Cassie, and she asks him for help. Cassie tells Greg that she is an artist. She says her stepfather has her sketch books, and Cassie wants them back. She also says her stepfather is staying at the Shepton Hotel, so Greg agrees to help. Greg is very happy when he gets the sketch books and gives them to Cassie...

Introduction Trees are all around us, in forests, gardens, and parks. There are many different trees, and they give us many things. Where do you see trees? What do we get from trees? DISCOVER  Now read and discover more about trees! What is a Tree? A tree is a tall plant. It has leaves, branches, a trunk, and roots. A tree makes its food with light from the sun. It grows tall so it can get lots of light. DISCOVER  Some coast redwood trees are 110 meters tall! A tree grows every da-y. Look at this old tree trunk...

How much money do you take with you when you go shopping? Are you careful? Sometimes people steal money in the street - then you need the police to help you. Dan, Sue, and Jim are police officers in London. They are not happy because a robber steals money from people near some shops every day. How can they find the robber? What does the robber look like - is it a man or a woman? Old or young? It is not always easy to know. What do they have to help them? They have radios – but robbers have phones...